[Bug] Export to pdf on Preview (Monterey)

I use the Export to PDF on Big Sur just like everyone else. I use it multiple times a day. Upgrade to Monterey and this is disabled. Someone was disable when they created Monterey. WHY??? PLESAE FIX IT!!!!! WE NEED IT. The option and save as does not operate the same way. I can still edit my texts and boxes that cover a change. The only way for me to get the same result is to print and scan waste of paper and time. Please enable the Export to PDF in Monterey! Thank you in advance.

THANK YOU, I have exactly the same problem.. I need the work and change on PDFs for my music-sheets for my IPad.

-save as (not possible)

-export as pdf (not possible)

-export: possible, but when I do that the lyriks I changed is not fixed in the PDF...

-print: same Problem

what can we do? waiting for the next update?

best wishes

Henrik

Exactly! I have the same issue. For me I noticed it yesterday when I've put my e-signature on a .pdf file. Normally, I click "Export as PDF" whenever I've edited on the file, so that all of my edited sign or text are not editable anymore. Now when I try it, this click "Export as PDF" is faded and cannot clickable. This is very inconvenient.

I've tried to click "export" and choose the .pdf format. Again, it appears different type of .pdf files that you can tick on, which I really don't understand. After all, the sign is ok. it's not editable anymore, however not the text. This is very bad and also confusing. Please be user-friendly as usual, Apple!

I agree that it would be good if Apple recognized this is a problem. I've tried a number of the workarounds suggested by others in this thread - no joy. Luckily my shop works with the Adobe Creative Suite, and Acrobat — far from my favorite app — at least has the capacity to do everything we need to do with PDFs. But having that functionality restored to working in Preview (as it did in previous Mac OS's) in Monterey would be a big help.

Has there been any update on this?

I use this feature for work multiple times a day and I regret updating.

This is extremely frustrating that I have to now take multiple extra steps to print - save as a pdf instead of just exporting

It slows down my productivity

I'm having the same issue, but I also need to be able to split files, once I "Export to PDF" and that option is now gone. The option+ "save as" or print option are not working. Google Chrome worked for a couple of files as a work around, but that's not working anymore for whatever reason. It's costing time, money and creating a lot frustration. I have left a message at the feedback link; hoping enough people have notify them and the problem is resolved quickly.

I just realized (on viewing scsoria's response, thanks) that I was answering a slightly different question than the asked one. I had been having trouble password protecting pdf files since upgrading to Monterey, and with help of this thread, I arrived at the above. Apple's instructions for Big Sur worked fine until it was time to Save, and then I was told I didn't have permissions.

Unfortunately the "Save as PDF" functionality is not the same as "Export as PDF". I am a graphic designer and regularly need to extract diagrams and other content from my client's PDF, that they upload to their website as secured PDF (meaning I cannot access the content). If I opened their PDFs in Preview and exported them as a PDF, the resultant PDF was unsecured, so I could extract what I needed to. "Save as PDF" results in a PDF that is still secured.

Same problem, Chrome browser and Monterey BUT, I managed to "print as pdf" (I don't know about annotations). It is "Command+P", then chose "Print as PDF", then I clicked "More Settings" and chose the lower option "Open PDF in Preview", then "Print" and back down at the left appeared "PDF". Cliked the arrow down and "Save as PDF", chose the destination on the window that opened and then... THAT's IT, I could finally save the page I had opened in Chrome Browser as a PDF file.

This is a very annoying and confusing bug (if you can call it that way) in Monterey, because it includes the option but then you get stuck on that greyed out window with nothing happening, it's absurd. Or, Apple decided to make complex something that was and should be really quick and simple. I hope it works for you too.

Save as PDF when choosing the print option is still not available for me as this already is a PDF file. I am trying to annotate password protected PDF and am still unable to save it as PDF not edit permissions as someone recommended earlier.

Sorry, I'm not following you. what exactly are you trying to do?

Export… opens a window for me.